Foundations of Geography unit 1 Vocab

What term describes the characteristics or features in a particular place, such as the amount of rainfall or number of trees?

• Connections

• Conditions

• Cropland

• Defense

What is the term for natural or human-made links between two places, such as a river or a highway?

• Connections

• Cropland

• Defense

• Hemisphere

What is the term for land which can be used to grow plants that people use, such as corn for food or cotton for fiber?

• Water supply

• Swamp

• Cropland

• Port

What do people use to protect a place from attacks by enemies?

• Defense

• Hemisphere

• Latitude

• Pattern

What is the study of where people have decided to live and what they have chosen to build and do in different parts of the Earth?

• Physical geography

• Human geography

• Region

• Spatial scale

What is the study of the Earth's land, air, and water, including mountains and soils, weather and climate, rivers, lakes, and oceans?

• Human geography

• Physical geography

• Global

• Hemisphere

What is a place next to water where ships or large boats can safely unload or load goods and people onto the land?

• Swamp

• Port

• Cropland

• Region

What is land that is usually covered by shallow water that plants grow in?

• Swamp

• Water supply

• Cropland

• Ancient city

What is water that people can use to drink or to raise plants and animals?

• Swamp

• Water supply

• Port

• Connections

What is a place that had an especially large population and a large number of public buildings and private homes early in human history?

• Arctic Circle

• Ancient city

• Hemisphere

• Region